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Grambling

· 2-1 · power -7.0 · #266
Our numberGRAM -0.6 no book has priced this game

Bethune-Cookman

· 1-1 · power -10.4 · #300
Our side
MoneylineGRAM to win ours 49%
Projected score 33–32 GRAM – BCU
2026-11-14 · 1:00 PM Daytona Stadium · Daytona Beach, FL Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Bethune-Cookman lead 5–3 · 8 meetings since 2004
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Grambling Tigers 88 ranks
Grambling Tigers #176 rush offense Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #264 run defense
Pass game even 43 ranks apart
Grambling Tigers #163 pass offense Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #120 pass defense
Run game edge Grambling Tigers 102 ranks
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #194 rush offense Grambling Tigers #92 run defense
Pass game edge Grambling Tigers 48 ranks
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #88 pass offense Grambling Tigers #40 pass defense
Grambling Tigers Run-heavy · 60% run Ball-control Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Balanced · 55% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 31 rush ypg

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Grambling Tigers
DB Jalen Guillard 14 tkl · 4 PD #185 DB
RB Byron Eaton Jr. 79 rush yds · 1 TD · 5 rec #120 RB
WR Jordan Bride 14 rec · 221 yds #181 WR
WR Tyson George 15 rec · 160 yds · 1 TD #194 WR
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
DL Isaiah Washburn 11 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.0 TFL #268 DL
DL Lewon Lurry Jr 5 tkl · 1.5 TFL #312 DL
DL Noel Brown 8 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL #356 DL
DB Naim Lassiter 12 tkl #446 DB

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Grambling Tigers -7.0 -0.9 -6.1 #266
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats -10.4 +1.1 -11.5 #300

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Grambling offense vs Bethune-Cookman defense+10.5 pts
Bethune-Cookman offense vs Grambling defense+7.2 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 725 mi

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.